Bent County register., 1887-09-03


was moving down the slopes IN one
great sheet to depth that almost
hid from view the short buffalo grass
that adorns these western prairies.
Little draws hardly noticeable soon
were swollen to swim horse. The
rain continued throughout the night
and till the next day noon, and the
ground is soaked down half way to
China. 'Rah for Colorado, and the
great American desert Western
World.
A cloud burst occurred on Cherry
creek near the Spring Valley school
house on Friday last, and Louis Gan
dy, an eight-year ole boy, waded into
the water, boy like, as it began to
run down the gulch near the play
ground. He suddenly swept ptoff his
feet and drowned, in spite of all as i.
sistance, which was freely offered.
The parents are almost distracted
over their loss.-Elbert Tribune.
We received some samples of corn
last week from Mr.. G. c. Brannan's
farm on Wolf-creek, they are the fin
est we have ever seen raised ON sod.
He had large field like them, and
also had good millet and sorghum.
He had some of the finest melons in
the state. He intends farming on q
much larger scale next year.-Gra-
NADIA Exponent.
Mr.. Mccain, Granada creek far
mer, had out one hundred acres of
crops this season. lie raised three
thousand watermelons, and says his
crops of corn, mlllet and cane are
very fine.-Granada Exponent.
Among the important kilograms
of the week is one giving the full
text of Queen Vlctoria's response to
the Presidents congratulations ON
the occasion of her jubilee celebra-
ton.
The response is especially heavy
on the start and readeth as follows:
"Victoria, by the grace of God, of
the Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith,
Empress of India, etc, to the Presi-
dent of the United States of Aneri-
ca sendeth greeting" The Queen,
it will be observed, gets in almost all
the titles, but she is no letter writer.
We have stacks and stacks of girls
that can beat her all to hollow.-Pu-
eblo Review.
Mr.. Baker brought us in some fine
samples of millet and alfalfa; the
millet measured four feet in height
-and the alfalfa at least eighteen inch
es; which does exceedingly well to
have been planted the latter part of
June. Springfield Beacon.
The county commissioners on last
Friday established new precincts at
the towns of Cheyenne Wells, Day
ton, Sheridan, Albany, Wilde and
Arlington Springs and appointed JUS
tiees of the peace at each place.
The precinct at Prowers has been
discontinued and the territory annex
ed to Caddoa and Lamar. A pre-
cinct at Water Valley is under con-
sideraton.-La Animas Leader.
NJ. d. Parmenter, constable at
Lamar, was in Las Animas Tuesday
and Wednesday-looking into matters
pertaining to the interests of the
Russell Bank, Russell, Kansas. He is
in search of certain parties who OBJ
tained money from the bank by Civ
ing chattle mortgage on cattle and
horses and then moving the same
across the Colorado line, claiming
that the laws of Kansas could not
reach the property so mortgaged.
Constable Parmenter has now been
in search of these delinquents for
about two weeks and has found a
number and has obtained possession
of some of the property. He expects
to find others and says the bank has
many thousand of dollars mortgaged
property throughout eastern Colora-
do, much of which is on the railroad
grade to our north. lie thinks he
will be able to secure most of the